Hits are usually covered by several artists, and each one adds their own sound or flair to the music. Sometimes people like a person's cover better than the original version! Do you have any songs that you like an alternative version of better than the original?

I like Barenaked Ladies' cover of "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" better than the original. I also adore Taco's cover of "Puttin' on the Ritz" waaay more than any other version.

Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nail's "Hurt", without a shadow of a doubt. He took their song and absolutely owned it, giving it a new, deeper, more powerful meaning than the song ever had before. NIN front man Trent Reznor even went so far as to say the song wasn't theirs anymore, and belonged now to Johnny Cash.

This may seem like a sacrilege to some, but I actually enjoy the After Forever version of The Evil That Men Do more than the original by Iron Maiden. I love my Maiden and I'm a sucker for Bruce Dickinson, but... this just works so surprisingly well.

Also, I like Morituri te Salutant by Daniel Landa more than Karel Kryl's version. Yet another sacrilege, but what can I say. I'm a rebel.

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Very aggressive. I can try to be passive, but really, I like keeping things moving.

Favorite Genres:

Fantasy is number one. Steampunk, sci-fi, alternate history, and everything else that isn't boringly realistic are also fine by me.

Genre You DON'T Like:

Anything modern, realistic, and without a good plot. Don't give me some free-form, unplotted crud set in a generic modern city. No bueno.

To use their own words... "It's because we can just do it better than Britney".
The fucking accordion. I lose it every time. It's hilarious. And yes... they are better than Britney.

Then, for my fellow GRRM fans out there, Karlienne OWNS "Last of the Giants"... at least in the way you can imagine Ygritte singing it. As far as I know there isn't a dude with a rich, deep voice that has sung it the way it's meant to.

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